1. Anderson, Jeff. Mechanically Inclined. Portland: Stenhouse Publishers, 2005. Print. This text was a great resource that includes interesting and innovative ways to incorporate grammar into the classroom. Anderson makes the text accessible and provides interesting and meaningful lesson plans that are not difficult to incorporate into the classroom. Speaking about language in Shakespeare’s plays is drastically different from speaking modern English, but this text could be used while exploring YA novels such as Divergent or Tears of a Tiger to incorporate proper mechanics while not using literature closely associated with the Western Cannon.
2. Education, Special. "Teaching Students with Autism." (1999). This comprehensive guide to teaching students with autism is a great resource for educators. It goes in-depth into the varying characteristics of those on the autism spectrum, and gives varying methods of instruction, different methods of communicating, understanding behavior and helping students transition into a traditional classroom setting.
3. "Folger Shakespeare Library." Teach and Learn. Folger Shakespeare Library, n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014. This is an amazing resource for teaching any play of William Shakespeare’s. The Folger Shakespeare Library has different ideas for lesson plans that incorporate outside sources, multi-media sources, and real teacher experience. It is a wonderful starting point for anyone who is attempting to find an interesting way to incorporate fun and meaningful activities into their Shakespeare lesson plans.
4. Friend, Marilyn, and William D. Bursuck. Including students with special needs: A practical guide for classroom teachers. Allyn & Bacon, A Pearson Education Company, 2002. This book serves as a guide for teachers who have students with special needs in their classroom. The source is meant to give teachers resources when looking to find inclusive methods of teaching. In fact, it outlines specific disabilities, ranging from low-incidence to high-incidence disabilities. It also includes a variety of methods for adapting lessons for students with special needs, strategies for independent learning, and evaluating student learning.
5. Haberman, Martin. "The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching." Phi Delta Kappan 73.4 (1991): 290-294. This source provides not only statistical data for understanding where the students may come from in your classroom, but also various methods of helping to engage both students and parents of poverty in the learning process. Rather than simply “giving information, asking questions, giving directions, making assignments, reviewing assignments...punishing noncompliance, marking papers and giving grades.” (291) teachers should be engaging students in various ways that keep them engaged and interested in coming to school. Rather than simply asserting authority over students, teachers should include them in the process. The author gives various examples as well as providing information on the nature of urban children and youth and what it is that makes a good teacher.
6. "K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies That Work." Edutopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. Edutopia is an awesome resource because it is not only about lesson planning. It provides viewpoints on different standards, relevant education news, blogs and classroom guides. It is a source that I would use as an educator because it is not dependent on lesson planning; rather, it focuses on what makes a classroom a great one and how to shape your teaching style according to the times. It is almost as if lesson plans and classroom guides were just an added bonus.
7. Milner, Joseph O., Milner, Lucy M., Mitchell, Joan F. Bridging English. Pearson: Boston, 2012. Print. Bridging English is an amazing resource for teachers. It contains an incredible amount of exercises that really explain the reasoning behind them. This is useful because it is a constant reminder that everything we do in the classroom, we do for a reason. I would use Bridging English for my unit plans because all of the ideas are not only interesting and meaningful for students, but also easily adapted into different plans.
8. Teaching English With Technology. Edtech Teacher: 21st Century Learning. EdTech Teachers Inc., 2012. Web. 7 April, 2014. <tewt.org> This is an excellent source as a teacher looking to incorporate technology within the classroom. It does not include all works of literature--in fact, it was missing Julius Caesar--but was worth noting because there was other information to be gathered from the website. There were pages for podcasts, screencasts, virtual tours, and more. I would use this source in order to find supplemental material for literary circles or book talks.
9. TeacherTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014. TeacherTube is an amazing resource where one can find lesson plans and videos that will aid in the teaching process. This resource is not strictly for English teachers, so it is easy to pick up material from other disciplines in order to teach across the core. I find it helpful when looking for multi-media resources that will help my students to understand the text by hearing it read aloud or seeing it acted out.
10. "ReadWriteThink." ReadWriteThink. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2014. This source is very similar to WebEnglishTeacher in that it is not specifically a source for Shakespeare’s works, and therefore can serve the purpose of providing lesson plans for other works used in the unit. The lesson plans come from other teachers, which often means that they have been tested in the classroom. This source is strictly used for English which streamlines the process a bit as well.
11. "William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar." Web English Teacher. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2014. Much like the Folger Shakespeare Library, this source is devoted strictly to lesson plans and ideas for the classroom. It is a resource strictly for teachers that breaks down the content in a clear way. Other uses include study guides, technology integration, young adult literature and ENL/ESL resources. In particular, the YA Literature resources are helpful as a teacher who is planning on integrating YA novels into the curriculum.
This text was a great resource that includes interesting and innovative ways to incorporate grammar into the classroom. Anderson makes the text accessible and provides interesting and meaningful lesson plans that are not difficult to incorporate into the classroom. Speaking about language in Shakespeare’s plays is drastically different from speaking modern English, but this text could be used while exploring YA novels such as Divergent or Tears of a Tiger to incorporate proper mechanics while not using literature closely associated with the Western Cannon.
2. Education, Special. "Teaching Students with Autism." (1999).
This comprehensive guide to teaching students with autism is a great resource for educators. It goes in-depth into the varying characteristics of those on the autism spectrum, and gives varying methods of instruction, different methods of communicating, understanding behavior and helping students transition into a traditional classroom setting.
3. "Folger Shakespeare Library." Teach and Learn. Folger Shakespeare Library, n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
This is an amazing resource for teaching any play of William Shakespeare’s. The Folger Shakespeare Library has different ideas for lesson plans that incorporate outside sources, multi-media sources, and real teacher experience. It is a wonderful starting point for anyone who is attempting to find an interesting way to incorporate fun and meaningful activities into their Shakespeare lesson plans.
4. Friend, Marilyn, and William D. Bursuck. Including students with special needs: A practical guide for classroom teachers. Allyn & Bacon, A Pearson Education Company, 2002.
This book serves as a guide for teachers who have students with special needs in their classroom. The source is meant to give teachers resources when looking to find inclusive methods of teaching. In fact, it outlines specific disabilities, ranging from low-incidence to high-incidence disabilities. It also includes a variety of methods for adapting lessons for students with special needs, strategies for independent learning, and evaluating student learning.
5. Haberman, Martin. "The Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching." Phi Delta Kappan 73.4 (1991): 290-294.
This source provides not only statistical data for understanding where the students may come from in your classroom, but also various methods of helping to engage both students and parents of poverty in the learning process. Rather than simply “giving information, asking questions, giving directions, making assignments, reviewing assignments...punishing noncompliance, marking papers and giving grades.” (291) teachers should be engaging students in various ways that keep them engaged and interested in coming to school. Rather than simply asserting authority over students, teachers should include them in the process. The author gives various examples as well as providing information on the nature of urban children and youth and what it is that makes a good teacher.
6. "K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies That Work." Edutopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2014.
Edutopia is an awesome resource because it is not only about lesson planning. It provides viewpoints on different standards, relevant education news, blogs and classroom guides. It is a source that I would use as an educator because it is not dependent on lesson planning; rather, it focuses on what makes a classroom a great one and how to shape your teaching style according to the times. It is almost as if lesson plans and classroom guides were just an added bonus.
7. Milner, Joseph O., Milner, Lucy M., Mitchell, Joan F. Bridging English. Pearson: Boston, 2012. Print.
Bridging English is an amazing resource for teachers. It contains an incredible amount of exercises that really explain the reasoning behind them. This is useful because it is a constant reminder that everything we do in the classroom, we do for a reason. I would use Bridging English for my unit plans because all of the ideas are not only interesting and meaningful for students, but also easily adapted into different plans.
8. Teaching English With Technology. Edtech Teacher: 21st Century Learning. EdTech Teachers Inc., 2012. Web. 7 April, 2014. <tewt.org>
This is an excellent source as a teacher looking to incorporate technology within the classroom. It does not include all works of literature--in fact, it was missing Julius Caesar--but was worth noting because there was other information to be gathered from the website. There were pages for podcasts, screencasts, virtual tours, and more. I would use this source in order to find supplemental material for literary circles or book talks.
9. TeacherTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
TeacherTube is an amazing resource where one can find lesson plans and videos that will aid in the teaching process. This resource is not strictly for English teachers, so it is easy to pick up material from other disciplines in order to teach across the core. I find it helpful when looking for multi-media resources that will help my students to understand the text by hearing it read aloud or seeing it acted out.
10. "ReadWriteThink." ReadWriteThink. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2014.
This source is very similar to WebEnglishTeacher in that it is not specifically a source for Shakespeare’s works, and therefore can serve the purpose of providing lesson plans for other works used in the unit. The lesson plans come from other teachers, which often means that they have been tested in the classroom. This source is strictly used for English which streamlines the process a bit as well.
11. "William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar." Web English Teacher. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2014.
Much like the Folger Shakespeare Library, this source is devoted strictly to lesson plans and ideas for the classroom. It is a resource strictly for teachers that breaks down the content in a clear way. Other uses include study guides, technology integration, young adult literature and ENL/ESL resources. In particular, the YA Literature resources are helpful as a teacher who is planning on integrating YA novels into the curriculum.